(Worth County, Iowa) – A single-vehicle crash early Saturday morning in northern Iowa claimed the life of a teenage passenger in the vehicle. The 20-year-old driver was injured in the crash.  According  to the Iowa State Patrol, 16-year-old Adyen Steele, of Saint Ansgar, died, when the 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix he was in, went out of control as it was eastbound on 410th Street, and struck a power pole before coming to rest in a ditch. The accident happened at around 6:40-a.m., just west of Kensett.

The driver of the car, Blair Hansen, also of Saint Ansgar, was injured and flown by helicopter to a Mason City hospital.  Both of the vehicle’s occupants were wearing their seat belts. The crash remained under investigation.

The accident marked the third separate crash over the past week that claimed the lives of two other teenagers. 16-year-old Logan Baldwin, of Webster City, died Friday morning when the tractor he was driving was hit from behind by a car, in Hamilton County. And, 19-year-old Jase Wilms, of New Market died in a fiery crash Feb. 23rd, in Page County.